diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index fa2ed41e2..da01b9df1 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-v2.0.1-201-g7278605
+v2.0.1-213-g75149cc
diff --git a/lib/damask/__init__.py b/lib/damask/__init__.py
index d1496a1b7..c71d50a94 100644
--- a/lib/damask/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/damask/__init__.py
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@ with open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__),'../../VERSION')) as f:
 
 from .environment import Environment      # noqa
 from .asciitable  import ASCIItable       # noqa
-from .h5table     import H5Table          # noqa
+try:
+  from .h5table     import H5Table        # noqa
+except ImportError:
+  print("h5py module not found")
 from .config      import Material         # noqa
 from .colormaps   import Colormap, Color  # noqa
 from .orientation import Quaternion, Rodrigues, Symmetry, Orientation # noqa